Joost Overview
What's Joost? It's free TV, with the choice to watch alone or with friends. Joost is packed with internet tools such as instant messaging and channel chat, allowing people to really share the TV experience. It's a completely secure platform for content owners that respects their rights, while protecting and enhancing their brands. And it's an incredibly flexible way for advertisers to reach a...More»
What's Joost? It's free TV, with the choice to watch alone or with friends. Joost is packed with internet tools such as instant messaging and channel chat, allowing people to really share the TV experience. It's a completely secure platform for content owners that respects their rights, while protecting and enhancing their brands. And it's an incredibly flexible way for advertisers to reach a truly global audience, in ways that really work. Joost isn't just video on the internet – it's the next generation of television for viewers, content owners and advertisers everywhere.«Less
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Funding
| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
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| 05/2007 | Series A | 45M | Unknown |
Products
| Name: | Joost |
| Product URL: | http://joost.com/ |
| Description: | Joost – next-generation TV |
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02/08/2009 07:44AM by steveswrong
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Bulls vs. Bears (14)
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company will soon announce a web based user interface |
pdizzlle 09/05/2008 |
100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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Looking forward to a web-base Hulu-like interface. |
geraldz 09/02/2008 |
100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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The initial client software was a flop, but the forthcoming web-based interface should be a hit |
geraldz 08/29/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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Just announced a JV with the Tom Group for China |
keane 07/23/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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Streaming live content like March Madness should help with usage |
dude 03/12/2008 |
100% 5 votes 5 0% 0 |
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P2P video streaming seems to be a good idea |
dave 01/16/2008 |
89% 9 votes 8 11% 1 |
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Co-founders have impressive track record |
dave 01/16/2008 |
100% 9 votes 9 0% 0 |
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Don't think it will generate a sufficiently big captive audience. Great team though. |
rockthescot 12/15/2008 |
100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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Online non-downloadable video is already ahead of this |
robert 08/26/2008 |
100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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Lost Momentom |
pdizzlle 08/26/2008 |
100% 3 votes 3 0% 0 |
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All around not as good as veoh |
jaelby 06/27/2008 |
100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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you need great content portable with ease to the TV before scaling |
jpaine 05/11/2008 |
100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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Joost does not seem to be gaining much traction/usage |
dude 03/12/2008 |
100% 6 votes 6 0% 0 |
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Was not impressed with the beta |
dave 01/16/2008 |
100% 5 votes 5 0% 0 |
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